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plasticine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplæs.tɪ.siːn/

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the brand name Plasticine.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Modeling clay.
   • Picture yourself on a train in a station / With plasticine porters with looking glass ties 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:
   • Models; how to make paper pulp models; salt and flour models; sand models; plasticine models; chalk and pencil models. 1909, William James Sutherland, The Teaching of Geography:
   • Hermione Roddice suggested we should ask Gudrun to teach her to draw and to model in clay. You know Winnie is astonishingly clever with that plasticine stuff. Hermione declares she is an artist. 1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVI, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:
   • I'd like to build myself a house / Out of plasticine 1994, Noel Gallagher, “Shakermaker”, performed by Oasis:

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Descendants

plasticina